by Tom Bartus

Laqueur is co-chair of the
International Research Council at the Washington, D.C.-based Center for
Strategic and International Studies. He directed the Institute of Contemporary
History at the Wiener Library in London from 1964 to 1980 and has since served
as its co-director.

The
founding editor of the Journal of Contemporary History, he is the author of
many books, including "A History of Zionism: From the French Revolution to
the Establishment of the State of Israel."